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Pardon me for saying so, but this is a really shitty mentality that people seem to have. It seems far too many people get overly judgemental about people's minor foibles while ignoring the big flaws in others because those people have a few small redeeming traits.

Nick is absolutely a shitty husband but does it make him a bad person? I would argue it doesn't. Conversely, Amy seems at least for the most part, a good wife but is on the whole, a terrible human being.

Is cheating on your spouse really worse than murder and framing an ex-boyfriend with rape, thus destroying his life?

This part of the album was not just about the fictional Pink's descent into madness, but also a look at British politics of the time.

The Wall was, I feel, partly intended as a passionate plea to the people of Britain to not let the country become like Germany in the 30's.

>I personally found the whole movie to be brimming with repressed emotion, as if they have no applicable use to the situation so they are simply ignored.

I agree, this is illustrated beautifully by this scene from the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9YqdWwwdw

Here, we see Frank Poole evincing several emotions in a very subtle, but palpable manner. The scene begins with Poole in an agitated state with his arms crossed against his chest in an assertive/insecure manner. His facial expressions during HAL's 'Human error' explanation change from barely repressed rage to smug condescension. Contrast this with Bowman's calm, confident, poker-face and we see the film foreshadowing Poole's eventual demise as he is not as strong a personality as Bowman.

Blade Runner.

Having one of your characters speak the most overused Descartes quote does not a deep film make. Soundtrack and Cinematography are top notch though.

Perhaps I am painting contemporary Islamic culture with a broad brush, but what I say about it is largely reflected in the customs of many of the cultures within its sphere of influence. One could just as easily paint the west with a broad brush and say that the west's attitude to women is unhealthy in that it reduces them to sexual objects, and that would not be a completely inaccurate statement. However, in the west Women are free to choose how to live their lives in way that their sisters in predominantly Muslim countries are not. Some people may think that that tradeoff is a far more favorable one to the alternative.

Ask yourself: In how many Muslim countries would a Woman's uncovered head be accepted? In how many Muslim countries can a Woman wear a short skirt or a bikini at the beach?

In some Muslim countries it is crime for a Woman to leave her family's home unattended by a Male family member. She may be stoned to death, or jailed, or whipped for not dressing 'modestly' enough. I'm not making this up. Islam as a belief system may not be solely to blame for this situation but it is employed as a reason for it, and is therefore culpable for these crimes.

Maybe she likes degradation in a sexual context? Maybe she likes being objectified? What is wrong with that? Is she not free to choose how to present herself in life? Is she not an individual? Is she not entitled to be empowered by her sexuality?

I was curious about what angle you were approaching this from, so I looked at your post history. From your post history I'm going to assume you are Muslim, is that correct?

Now, what exactly is it that offends your sensibilities so much? Is it the fact that she may enjoy a little degradation in her sexual play? If that is the case, would it please you more if the society at large forced her to cover her body out of shame and make her subservient to men with no say in the matter whatsoever?

Would you prefer it if she walked ten feet behind her husband at all times never once making eye-contact with any man that is not her husband or a blood relative?

I think what offends you about this woman is that she is an empowered adult who has made a choice to act in fantasy what you would force upon her. This has nothing to do with dignity, she has that and not you or anyone else can take that from her. It isn't that you don't like the choice she has made, you don't like that she has a choice at all.

I'd like to be proven wrong, but I'm sure I have your number.

It makes more sense if you realize that literally everyone in the BSG universe is a Cylon. The Colonial Humans are Cylons created by the "Gods" who, in turn, were the "Cylons" who were created by the "Titans".

The thing that does not want to be called "God" is a member of the first, actually evolved race of "Man" who has either evolved beyond a physical form or who has merged with it's mechanical creations to become something more. All other iterations after that were made in the image of their creators. What this being wants is for everyone to live good lives in harmony and die naturally.

When people die their "souls" are uploaded to a server, in a similar fashion as Cylon downloading.This is the afterlife that is glimpsed at By Roslin in season 4. When Starbuck dies she is resurrected by "God" to help guide Man and Cylon to Earth so that they may merge and restart the cycle.

No clearly the smart thing to do is dehumanize him as much as possible, so that we don't recognize the darker aspects of our own nature and learn from the mistakes of our forebears.

Surely, there is no way in which that could backfire.

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